diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index e7a9a2ae7f74fbc4ca3219594565a67f8ec651bd..d4a77517cc92b634ac0910616f916511d86fd934 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,42 @@
+Release 1.8.0
+=============
+
+New features
+------------
+
+* feat: add update mode to speed up update
+
+
+Updates
+-------
+
+* Rework and simplify magit#utils#search_buffer_in_windows usage
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+* Fix jump_to exception
+* Fix jump_to function when jumping to a dirty existing buffer
+* Force git commit cleanup
+* Update mg_get_commit_section function
+* Merge pull request #195 from jreybert/next
+* Fix very slow update when large submodule
+* check_repo() can't use 'count' for a variable name.
+* Make top level git path work with Cygwin/MSYS2
+* Use cygpath if present to create top level dir for Cygwin/MSYS2 compatibility
+* Use --no-prefix to generate diff
+* perf: get git status only once per refresh
+* Always specify diff prefix to avoid diff.noprefix errors
+* Set scrolloff in magit buffer
+
+Contributors
+------------
+
+Thanks to users who have contributed to this release:
+* @arafel
+* @wwade
+* @pnetherwood
+
 Release 1.7.3
 =============
 
diff --git a/plugin/magit.vim b/plugin/magit.vim
index 1dd5b8e32f66186360c189c11704b23aca73d08f..c99fb5134e6f59a8dfaddf2614b024917d8553f9 100644
--- a/plugin/magit.vim
+++ b/plugin/magit.vim
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if exists('g:loaded_magit') || !executable('git') || &cp
 endif
 let g:loaded_magit = 1
 
-let g:vimagit_version = [1, 7, 3]
+let g:vimagit_version = [1, 8, 0]
 
 let g:vimagit_minium_vim_version = '7.4.1926'
 if ! has('patch-' . g:vimagit_minium_vim_version)